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Year 10 Astable Activity

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Build a Circuit to Buzz at a Variable Frequency. Here is a diagram of the layout.

Year 10 Astable Activity Layout

Here is a photo of the layout.

Year 10 Astable Activity Photo

555 Timer Astable – Buzzer

This circuit uses a CAPACITOR.
This is like an electronic bucket.
It’s repeatedly filled and emptied.
The two RESISTORS control how quickly the CAPACITOR fills and empties.
The light dependent resistor (LDR) makes it possible to play a tune by shading the light.
The 555 Timer fills the CAPACITOR until it’s 2/3 full.
Then it empties it until it’s 1/3 full.
This repeats for ever and it controls the timing.
The 555 also drives the SOUNDER.
The DIODE passes current in one direction only.
If you wire up the power the wrong way round, this protects the circuit.

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